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The Zig Zag Girl
The Brighton Mysteries (Related to this series)
- Author
- Elly Griffiths
- Narrator
- Daniel Philpott
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Publish Date
- 6 November 2014
- Run Time
- 8 hours 2 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
When a girl's body is found, cut into three, Detective Inspector Edgar Stephens is reminded of a magic trick, the Zig Zag Girl.
The inventor of the trick, Max Mephisto, is an old friend of Edgar's. They served together in the war as part of a shadowy unit called the Magic Men.
Max is still on the circuit, touring seaside towns in the company of ventriloquists, sword-swallowers and dancing girls. Changing times mean that variety is not what it once was, yet Max is reluctant to leave this world to help Edgar investigate. But when the dead girl turns out to be known to him, Max changes his mind.
Another death, another magic trick: Edgar and Max become convinced that the answer to the murders lies in their army days. When Edgar receives a letter warning of another 'trick', the Wolf Trap, he knows that they are all in the killer's sights...
(P) 2014 Quercus Editions Ltd
Critics Review
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Enormously engaging . . . Post-war Brighton and its Theatre Royal are beautifully captured in all their seedy glory . . . subtle, charming and very good
Daily Mail
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A colourful crowd of ventriloquists and sword-swallowers, a world lovingly re-created in this original, lively and gripping work
Independent
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The historical detail is very well done . . . The Zig Zag Girl is an extremely well-written and well-researched novel
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Details
- Author
- Elly Griffiths
- Narrator
- Daniel Philpott
- Duration
- 8 hours 2 minutes
- Release Date
- 6 November 2014
- ISBN
- 9781784291631
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Genre
- Crime and / or mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: police procedural, Historical crime and mysteries
Synopsis
Brighton, 1950. When a girl's body is found, cut into three, Detective Inspector Edgar Stephens is reminded of a magic trick, the Zig Zag Girl. The inventor of the trick, Max Mephisto, is an old friend of Edgar's. They served together in the war as part of a shadowy unit called the Magic Men. Max is still on the circuit, touring seaside towns in the company of ventriloquists, sword-swallowers and dancing girls. Changing times mean that variety is not what it once was, yet Max is reluctant to leave this world to help Edgar investigate. But when the dead girl turns out to be known to him, Max changes his mind. Another death, another magic trick: Edgar and Max become convinced that the answer to the murders lies in their army days. When Edgar receives a letter warning of another 'trick', the Wolf Trap, he knows that they are all in the killer's sights...(P) 2014 Quercus Editions Ltd
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